甘肅是一個多民族的省份。全省現有54個少數民族成份， 世居甘肅的少數民族有回、藏、東鄉、土、裕固、保安、 蒙古、撒拉、哈薩克、滿族等16個少數民族。其中，東鄉 族、裕固族、保安族為甘肅的獨有民族。 欣欣於2003-2004年在甘西河西走廊共捐資修建十所欣欣學 校: 敦煌三所、玉門四所、酒泉三所。於2005-2006年間在 省會蘭州附近永登縣及定西縣共捐助二所學校，武威市三 所學校，在甘肅少數民族所在的臨夏回族自治州內共捐助 興修建九所欣欣學校。除了2006年修建的欣欣學校外，其 餘的13所欣欣學校有12所得到電腦教室設備補助，對教學 的輔助及提昇俾益極大。2007年臨夏縣漠泥溝鄉胡英祥欣 欣小學更獲得欣欣圖書館設備補助，與青樹基金會位於天 祝一中的中央圖書館接軌，對該校欣欣學子的學習及線上 查詢，將有關鍵性影響及助益。 藉著欣欣在甘肅二十四所欣欣學校所播灑的愛心種子，希 望能恢復昔日絲路古道的文化輝煌，再創沙漠中的綠洲奇 蹟! Gansu is 92% Han and also has Hui, Tibetan, Dongxiang, Tu, Manchu, Uyghur, Yugur, Bonan, Mongolian, Salar, and Kazakh minorities. It has a large concentration of Hui Chinese. Situated along the Silk Road, Gansu used to be an economically important province and a cultural transmission path as well. Temples and Buddhist grottoes such as those at Mogao Caves ("Caves of the Thousand Buddhas") and Maijishan Caves contain artistically and historically revealing murals. During 2003-2004, Shin Shin Foundation funded ten school renovation projects along the western part of Gansu. In 2005- 2006, Shin Shin allocated more funds to help renovate 14 school projects, primarily in the Hui minority LinXia County. In addition to the renovation funding, 92% of the schools completed by 2006 received the computer lab award package to enhance teaching and learning activities. This year, the YongDeng Shin Shin school received the satellite library program award to install a library management system, connecting the Evergreen Foundation centralized library to the neighboring TienZhu middle school. Shin Shin's effort is like seeding the desert, it gives the children in Gansu hope to revive the culturally rich silk road history, and advances them to the next century.